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Page 67
... requires the immediate and prompt exe- cution of the law . It was their doctrine that laws were made to be executed ; and the divine Lawgiver saw fit to decide that there should be no needless delay in the execution . Another striking ...
... requires the immediate and prompt exe- cution of the law . It was their doctrine that laws were made to be executed ; and the divine Lawgiver saw fit to decide that there should be no needless delay in the execution . Another striking ...
Page 71
... requires and justifies sin . It is not so . Great injustice has been done in this particular to the Old Testament ... require , yet what the former may forbid , the latter may leave unnoticed , and even regulate and control . It is not ...
... requires and justifies sin . It is not so . Great injustice has been done in this particular to the Old Testament ... require , yet what the former may forbid , the latter may leave unnoticed , and even regulate and control . It is not ...
Page 115
... require them to form , not a wrong judgment , but a right one , and make them responsible to the Searcher of hearts for the judgment they form . God gives them light , and bids them beware how they pervert , or abuse it , or call it ...
... require them to form , not a wrong judgment , but a right one , and make them responsible to the Searcher of hearts for the judgment they form . God gives them light , and bids them beware how they pervert , or abuse it , or call it ...
Page 122
... requiring of an implicit faith and an absolute blind obedience , is to destroy liberty of conscience and reason also . " But it will probably be asked , has the church no power , no authority over her own members ? Has she no discipline ...
... requiring of an implicit faith and an absolute blind obedience , is to destroy liberty of conscience and reason also . " But it will probably be asked , has the church no power , no authority over her own members ? Has she no discipline ...
Page 136
... requires them to be holy , because he is holy . The character that is right in God , is right in creatures . It is in its own nature just what it ought to be . The Deity would not be satisfied with himself without possessing such a ...
... requires them to be holy , because he is holy . The character that is right in God , is right in creatures . It is in its own nature just what it ought to be . The Deity would not be satisfied with himself without possessing such a ...
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